Hay-rack.



PATENTED MAR. 17,1903. E. TROY.

HAY RACK.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 7,

N0 MODEL.

PATENTED MAR. 17, 1903.

' E. .TROY.

HAY RACK. APPLICATION EILED'MAY 7, 1902.

2 SHEETS-SHEE1' 2.

N0 MODEL.

I hay-racks. 11 o tively inexpensive storm-rack adapted to be- UNITEDSTATES EDWARD TROY, OF LACEY, IOWA.

HAY-"RACK.

srncmcnrron forming part of Letters Patent No. 722,775, dated ni a 1' 2,1 st Application filed May 7, 1902. Serial No.106,357. (No model.) fly?To all whom it may concern:

' Beit known that I, EDWARD TROY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lacey, in the county of Mahaska and State of Iowa, haveinvented-a new and-useful Storm-Rack -for Hay-Racks, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The'invention relates to a storm-rack for The object of the presentinvention is to provide for hay-racks a simpleand comparareadily appliedto any flat hay-rack and capahie ofprotecting thelower portion ofa loadof hay and of preventing the same from he-' I verse bars, and theplatform may, ifide'sired,

ing blown-away by high winds.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts. hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended. vIn the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective viewof a portion ofastorm-rack constructed in accordance with this invention and shownapplied toa hay-rack, one side and end being removed to show thepartsmore clearly.

' Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view. Fig.

3 is a transverse sectional view. Figs. sand 5 are detail views of theintermediate and end "transverse bars. Fig. 6 is a detail viewof one ofthe L-shaped plates which form cornerrecesses for the sides and ends ofthe storm- -rack.

' Likenumerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the'figures of the drawings.

1 and 2 designate longitudinal sills designed to be mounted on the frontand rear bolsters of arnnning-gear and forming supports for front andrear transverse bars 5 and 6 and intermediate transverse bars 7. I Thelongitndinal sills are provided at their inner faces with loops 15,consisting of plates located adjacent to the lower edges "of the sillsand bent outward between their ends to form sockets for the reception ofdepending tongues 16 of horizontal cross-pieces :17. The dependingtongues are formed by L-shaped plates secured to the lower faces of thecross-pieces 17;, but. any other suitable means may be employed fordetachably locking the crosspieces 17 with the sills. The cross-pieces17,

able means may he provided for locking the are located at the bottom ofthe transverse which are arranged atintervals,,formlsup ports for ahorizontal platforml8,'feonsist-' ing oi longitudinal slatsorbars andconnecting transverse slats or bars 19, arranged in pairs at the lowerfaceof the"platforin and located in advance andin 'rear'of the beextended to the. front and rear transverse bars and be providedwith'blocks for'enga' ing the same. When the platform.isext'ended to theends of the hay-racklframe, the

. standards hereinafterdescribed may be pi'yotally connected to theplatform, and any suitstandards when folded down upon'the plat. form toprevent them from swinging'ontward in removing the platform from'the'hay-rack The-longitudinal sills l and 2 are'provided at their outer faceswith bars or irons-2O and 21, projecting from their 'upper' faces andadapted to be'engaged hyffront and'rear and intermediate transverse barswhich extend from the side sills to support the longitudinal sideportions 22 of the hay-rack. The bars 20 are provided with perforationsand-are adapted to he engaged by laterally-projecting pins 23, extendingoutward from inner blocks 24 and projecting over outer blocks25, whichbars at points below thelateraliy projecting pins. Thelaterally-projecting"pin'sj'permit the transverse bars to be partiallyrotated'to I arrange them in a horizontal position over the'bars 20,whereby the lower blodkzfi will he carried to one side of the sametoiperniit the pins 23 to be engaged With and disengaged from the saidbars or irons 20', andtheblocks 25 are beveled slightly at the bottom toper: mit the other end of the transversebarfto be lifted out ofengagement withthe vertical bar or iron 21.- After the pin 23 of thetrans:

verse bar is'engaged with the perforation of one of theprojectingbars'or irons 20 the said transverse bar is partially rotated to arrangeit in a vertical plane to carry the lower block 25 to a point in frontof the bar or iron 20, whereby the pin is prevented from becoming 5disengaged therefrom by longitudinal movement of the transverse bar. Thebar or iron 21 of the other longitudinal sill engages a loop 26 of thetransverse bar. The front and'rear transverse bars are secured to thelugs or proin jections formed by the bars or arms 21 by means ofspring-actuated bolts 27, extending through perforations of the adjacentloops and. engaging corresponding perforations or recesses of theupright bars or irons 21. The

I5 intermediate transverse bars do not require such fastening devices,as theside portions 22,

which are interlocked with the end'transverse bars, retain them inposition. The front ends of the side portions 22 are provided withiongitudinal pins or projections 35, formed integral withattachment-plates and engaging perforated ears or lugs 86 of the fronttransverse bar, and the rear transverse bar is provided with perforatedlugs 37, extending through 25 slots 38 of plates as and engaged bysuitable fastening devices 39, consisting, preferably, of keys; butcatches or any other suitable locking devices may be employed. Thehay-rack is provided withfront and rear standards and 41, which aremounted in pivoted holders 42, consistingof plates provided at theirupper and lower ends with loops. The front standards, which are adaptedto be engaged at their tops by a pole, are 35 secured in the pivotedholders by means of hooks 4E7, hinged at a point above the upper loopsand having bills engaging suitable holes located below the upper loops.The sides 22 are provided at their corners 0 with approximately L-shapedplates 50, forming inner corner-recesses and adapted to receive sidesand ends 51 and 52 of a stormrack, which is mounted on the hay-rack atthe sides and ends thereof and which is adapted to protect the lowerportion of a load of hay to prevent the same from being blown from thehay-rack. The sides and ends 51 and 52 consist of upright bars,horizontal slats or bars connecting the upright bars, and inclined 5obraces supporting the sides and ends, as a 4 clearly shown in Fig. 1..The ends are deltachably interlocked with the sides and are providedwith centrally-arranged outwardlyextending lugs 53 for engaging beneaththe 55 front and rear transverse bars, whereby the storm-rack is helddown upon the hay-rack. The lugs 53 are preferably formed integral withplates which are secured to the lower ends of the central vertical barsof the end sections of the storm-rack, and the front and rear transversebars are preferably provided at their lower edges with wear-platesarranged to be engaged by the bottom lugs. The end portions or sectionsof'the storm-rack are provided, adjacent to the sides of the same, withupper loops 54, preferably consisting of opennecting the end and sidesections of the storm-' rack, and they may also be arranged at both thetop and bottom of the sections.

' The storm-rack may be made of any desired height, and it isfirmlysupported against lateral or, longitudinal movement bythe L-shaped brackets or plates at the corners of the hay-rack, and it issecurely anchored to the hay-rack by the projecting bottom lugs,

which may be of any desired number. The storm-rack is adapted to protectthe lower portion of a load of hay, audit will prevent the same frombeing drawn away, and it will also save much of a load which is lost byrea-' son of the same coming in contact with vehicles or other objects.The sides of the storm-rack are also provided with depending tonguesor'fingers 56, formed integral with attachment-plates 57 and extendingthrough perforations of the side portions 22 of the hay-rack andengaging outer loops 57 of the adjacent transverse bar. The loops 57form sockets for the depending tongues or fingers 56', and they arepreferably form'edby angularly-bent portions of plates similar to theloops 26. tions or tongues 56 may be employed for supporting the sidesections of the storm-rack.

What I claim is-- I 1. The combination with a hay-rack hav: inghorizontal sides and provided with corner plates or brackets formingrecesses, side and end sections arranged vertically on the hay-rack andfitted in the recesses of the corner plates or brackets, and means forconnecting the side and end sections and for securing the same to thehay-rack, substantially as described. 7

2. The combinationwith a hay-rack having horizontal sides, of astorm-rack composed of side and end sections arranged at the sides andends of the hay-rack, outwardlyextending bottom lugs located atthecenters of the end sections at the bottoms thereof and engaging thehay-rack, and fastening devices detachably securing the sectionstogether, whereby the said lugs will hold both the side and end sectionsof the storm-rack upon the hayrack, substantially as described.

Any number of depending project 3. The combination with a hay-rack having horizontal sides provided with sockets and having L-shaped cornerplates or brackets, of a storm-rack composed of sides fitted in thecorner plates or brackets and having depending tongues or projectionsdepending my own I have hereto afiixed my signature in intoghet-lsaid-sockets,'and the end sections the presence of two witnesses. a tte 4 inthe corner plates 0 brackets :afnd detachably secured to the sidesections WARD TROY s andhaving bqttom lugs interlocked with theWitnesses:

hay-rack; substantially as described. W. G. JONES,

,In testimony that I claim the foregoing as i C. V. RICHMOND.

